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He is also a Professor of Electrical Sciences at IIT BBS and of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras (M). He received the B. Tech and accelerated PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from IITM in 1983 and 1989, respectively. He has held visiting research \/ teaching assignments at several US universities, namely, University of California, Santa Barbara; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; and University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA. He has authored numerous articles in journals, conferences and books, and has been awarded three patents in the areas of semiconductor device modeling and process development. His recent work is on modeling and simulation of power devices, nano-devices, GaN HEMTs and solar cells. He has received the 2006 Vikram Sarabhai Award for research, 2007 IBM Faculty Award for research and teaching, 2021 VLSI Society of India Best Faculty Award for &#8220;contributions in the area of teaching, popularizing and creating some of the best minds in Microelectronics in the last 30 years,&#8221; and the president\u2019s nomination to the IIT Council for \u201ccontributions in education, science or technology\u201d. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. on Education (first ever from India). He has acted as a consultant to industries for developing manufacturing processes for semiconductor devices. His contributions in the field of education include three widely viewed online video courses on Solid State Devices, Semiconductor Device Modeling and Introduction to Research (see links below). The latter is a lecture-cum-activity oriented course to foster research skills among research scholars. He initiated this as a compulsory course for all research scholars in IITM and has conducted over 30 workshops country-wide. He has also conducted solely or jointly over 80 Faculty Development sessions on various aspects of \u201cHow teachers can make a difference\u201d in institutions including IITs, IISERs, NITs, and IIIT. He was the Head of the Teaching Learning Center at IITM during 2019-2022. He is a member of the Governing Council of CeNS (Center for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences). He was a member of the National Working Group on Nanotechnology set up by the Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India. He is a member of the executive committee of AICTE and the Chairman of AICTE\u2019s All India Board of PG Education and Research. He was a member of the All India Board of Undergraduate Studies of the AICTE. He was the Vice-Chairman of JEE 2006 and Chairman of JEE 2007 operations in the South Zone. He is a strong espouser of holistic education, and a multilingual \u2013 can read, write and speak \u2013 Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, and can converse in \u2013 Telugu, Tamil and to an extent, Sanskrit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI &amp; HPC Research Center Chairman: Prof Shreepad Karmalkar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar Shreepad Karmalkar is the Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar (BBS) from 17th Nov. 2022. He is also a Professor of Electrical Sciences at IIT BBS and of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras (M). He received the B. 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